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Death in the Cloud | RSS

September 01, 2010 at 12:13pm

Fans of so-called cloud computing (or SaaS, if you like) will tout any number of positive benefits of using a network-based, non-locally-installed software program. And, to be fair, there are many: lowered (or no) installation costs, lowered support costs, instant scalability and right-sized usage, etcetera. They'll also usually talk about deployment speed, with virtually turnkey-like timing to go from nothing to everything. But almost never do the fans (or the service providers themselves) mention the downsides, especially the biggest one - death of the service.

Join NET(net) University’s Class of 2010 | RSS

August 13, 2010 at 10:36am

As a newsletter subscriber, you’ve no doubt read of NET(net)’s negotiated successes in our services engagements on behalf of our clients. You’ve most likely seen mention of our most attractive engagement method (pay for performance). And, if you’re even moderately skeptical, like I am, you’ve also no doubt wondered how we consistently achieve this success.

What’s next with Microsoft | RSS

July 29, 2010 at 7:52am

"Microsoft Corp. today announced record fourth-quarter revenue of $16.04 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2010, a 22% increase from the same period of the prior year. Operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share for the quarter were $5.93 billion, $4.52 billion and $0.51 per share, which represented increases of 49%, 48% and 50%, respectively, when compared with the prior year period."

Zen and the Art of Strategic Supplier Management - Part 5 (Putting It All Together) | RSS

July 26, 2010 at 1:48pm

To draft service levels and manage relationships well, you merely have to remember that they need to be SMART (as made popular by Peter Drucker): Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Bound, blending the rationality and romanticism as we go. Recall from the first four parts of this series that we were discussing Strategic Supplier Management. In this fifth of five-part series, we’re going to put it all together.

Zen and the Art of Strategic Supplier Management - Part 4 (Relevant and Time-Bound) | RSS

July 26, 2010 at 1:46pm

To draft service levels and manage relationships well, you merely have to remember that they need to be SMART (as made popular by Peter Drucker): Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Bound, blending the rationality and romanticism as we go. Recall from the first three parts of this series that we were discussing Strategic Supplier Management. In this fourth of five-part series, we’re going to discuss the “R” and “T” – Relevant and Time-Bound.